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remember:  ask  "from onset to recovery"

                                         seizure                        syncope
precipitating                   none                            Valsava, emotion, Hx of heart disease
pre- symptom               aura(smell)                Nausea, diaphoresis, tunnel vision
transition                         immediate                 gradual(seconds, except dysrrhymia)
facial appearance        cyanosis                     pallor
duration                           minutes                      seconds
biting tongue                  sometimes                rare
m. aching                        often                           sometimes
incontinence                   sometimes               sometimes

[summary]
1.  falling injury -> seizure, rare syncope
2.  duation -> seizure longer
3.  incontinence -> ?
4.  sequelae -> seizure: mental confusion, headache, drowsiness
                       ->  syncope: physical weakness, clear sensorium